We edited our short stories using the following criteria:
1. 6 marks for having the first 250 words in class, double spaced and edited
2. 6 marks for having a lot of specific detail
3. 6 marks for appealing to all five senses in your descriptions
4. 6 marks for "showing" and not "telling" what your character is like
5. 6 marks for using dialogue creatively--show don't tell what a character is like by the way he/she speaks
If you were absent today, mark your draft using the above criteria. Show me tomorrow.
HOMEWORK: Using all of our criteria, write the next 250 words of your story. If you've already surpassed 500 words, lucky you. You have more time to edit, revise, rethink your story. Bring your best edited version to class tomorrow for peer editing.
Vocabulary: 27 and 28. Big test Tues. March 8.
USSR: Keep reading! Some of you read 8 books in February. Well done. Try to read widely. Not just graphic novels.
Good work today.
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